Take them, O Death! and bear away
Whatever thou canst call thine own!
Thine image, stamped upon this clay,
Doth give thee that, but that alone!
Take them, O Grave! and let them lie
Folded upon thy narrow shelves,
As garments by the soul laid by,
And precious only to ourselves!
Take them, O great Eternity!
Our little life is but a gust
That bends the branches of thy tree,
And trails its blossoms in the dust!
The Seaside and the Fireside 1850
By the Seaside
- The Building of the Ship
- Seaweed
- Chrysaor
- The Secret of the Sea
- Twilight
- Sir Humphrey Gilbert
- The Lighthouse
- The Fire of Drift-Wood
By the Fireside